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CoolieMan

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Really nice to see this good start, especially since it is clear they have room to improve

The secondary is still a concern and any scheme that sets up Williams on the other team's fastest WR needs to be fixed. It was good to see Bush make a play in coverage and break up that TD pass. The last drive of the 1st half was hard to watch, good thing it didn't last too long. Nice adjustments at half time to shut them out in the 2nd half.

Always good to see you can run the ball to close out the game in the 4th, even though the other team knows what is coming

Ben has been solid but still looks a bit rusty and that should be scary for the rest of the league.

Good to see the TEs show up and make key plays..

The DL has been very solid....especially against the running game
 
Great post Coolie.!!

It should be scary as the rust comes off the BEN will be improving along the way.

I don't know what's up with the "D", it does look like maybe TOMLIN DOES CALL A LITTLE DIFFERENT "D" WHEN BEN IS PLAYING. I think Butler slapped the **** out of him at half time and Tomlin was deliriously thinking BEN wasn't playing and thus called it ("D") that way.


They will improve as the season progresses, both sides of the ball. I'd like to say coaching will improve as well but I'm going to have to see on going proof of adjustments / clock management / challenges....... I've wittnessed improvement of said coaching but they need to continue such as the team needs to continue improving and hopefully all phases peak at the right time.




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I think overall the Oline has been solid too. Starting to see why they moved Feiler inside. Chukwuma and Banner showed well. I think the Steelers found their RT.

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I’m not as concerned with the secondary as others — yards are middle of a close pack but 2nd in league in INTs.

The pass rush is good as ever (9 more consecutive games with a sack and they have NFL record) & TJ Watt is my early forecast for DPOY.

I’m more interested in monitoring the progression of Minkah Fitzpatrick.

They want to freelance him more but with the way the D is playing — do you wanna throw wrinkles in cuz you know teams are avoiding him as much as possible


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I’m looking forward to the Tennessee game. It will be a tight one (that’s what she said!)...Ben is starting to become comfortable with his new weapons. That should make other teams nervous too.
 
ZonaBurgh said:
We'll find out next week. So far the competition is 0-9.

That will change in Tennessee .
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I made the same point last year when we started out winless- We played a brutal schedule. You're right, next week is going to test this team......

We're winning and that's what matters most, It still feels like preseason. Next week is our second playoff team from last year.
 
We have beaten 3 bad 0-3 teams and all 3 scored their highest point totals against us. winning with a ton of room for improvement is a good thing.
 
FSF said:
I’m not as concerned with the secondary as others — yards are middle of a close pack but 2nd in league in INTs.
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Well, I respect your opinion, but..........We were getting carved up in the first half...And our secondary was giving up CHUNKS of yardage...

What kills me is how receivers have no one around them....You may not be concerned, but I certainly am when defenders are roving the middle of the field not guarding anybody, Thank God they stopped that damn zone
 
Gridiron said:
We have beaten 3 bad 0-3 teams and all 3 scored their highest point totals against us. winning with a ton of room for improvement is a good thing.
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And the Titans have beaten their 3 opponents by a combined differential of 6 points. What's your point? A win is a win in this league.
 
Cope said:
And the Titans have beaten their 3 opponents by a combined differential of 6 points. What's your point? A win is a win in this league.
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sure but one of their victories was against a 1-2 team only 2 were against 0-3 teams

and of the teams currently sitting at 3-0, the Steelers have given up the fewest points of any of them....
 
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Gridiron said:
We have beaten 3 bad 0-3 teams and all 3 scored their highest point totals against us. winning with a ton of room for improvement is a good thing.
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You play who's on your schedule. Period the end. The W's would look a lot better had the refs not contributed in making us look so undisciplined on defense - and we COULD HAVE scored one more TD under 2 minutes but showed mercy.

No need to complain - just get ready to stop Derrick Henry. He will be the best test we've had on the ground since Barkley and we all know how that turned out...
 
CoolieMan said:
sure but one of their victories was against a 1-2 team only 2 were against 0-3 teams

and of the teams currently sitting at 3-0, the Steelers have given up the fewest points of any of them....
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There's that pesky common sense ruining the agenda again...

Oh, FIRE COACH TOMLIN!!!
 
The Titans haven't beaten any juggernauts, but are the best all around team we will faced. I think we can slow henry down, but their passing attack has picked up the last couple years and we can't sleep on it. If we go all out to stop henry we will be picked apart through the air. Should be a good game, but i feel more confident in this game than the texans one.
 
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